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PCL81 Pentode Part


All tube operating points below are by no means definitive good sound recipe for your particulate tube project. Lowest THD point is not necessary best sounding one and there is always some variance even in a NOS tube batch from the same manufacturer!  Below information is only useful as a general starting point and is ment to get you in a ballpark when no measurement equipment is available.


Lowest THD operating point spectrum


29mA, -8V BIAS

Recommended operating point spectrum


40mA, -4V BIAS

Other operating points


 42mA, -3.4V BIAS
29mA, -5V BIAS 

Traced plate curves


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Excellent pentode with a clean spectrum. Should be good for a couple of sweet SE wat’s. Single PCL81 amp anyone? Available for sale.